» Accidental animal cruelty

Shortcut at work.........
While being employed as a Fenestration Installer (that's a fitter of uPVC windows mainly), I was sealing off an upstairs window which was above a garage. As this was the last one and the grunt had cleared the site, it was time to pack up my tools and fuck off.

Well, it was raining, cold and I'm lazy so I decided that it would be much quicker to gently toss the unbreakable tools off the garage roof onto the drive than it would be making half a dozen trips up and down the ladders.

So, claw hammer, mash hammer, box of fixings, crow bar etc, where dropped next to the van. Quick sweep up and all was hunky dory.

Until I came down the ladders and was surprised to see a fluffy feline twitching under my crow bar.

Now, as there was still paper work to be completed by the customer, not to mention payment for said work, so I gently lifted the cat into the cab of the van and kept stum.

After, demonstrating the workings of the shiny new windows and doors, a quick cuppa and procuring payment, I checked on the cat, no movement was apparent.

Mouth shut, I drove calmly away from site. After half an hour driving I checked again and moggy was cold and a little stiff to the touch. Nothing left but to get rid of the evidence, the feline corpse was tossed from the passenger side window into some undergrowth somewhere along the A69.

And, yes, it was the customers cat ! Cats and crowbars don't mix apparently. Never told me!

I'll be more careful next time.
(Mon 10th Dec 2007, 23:15, More)